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晦气

晦氣
huìqì
adjective #21,879

Meanings

  1. 1 unlucky
  2. 2 inauspicious
  3. 3 bad luck
  4. 4 ominous

Examples

HSK 2
他觉得这件事很晦气，不想再提。
Tā juéde zhè jiàn shì hěn huìqì, bù xiǎng zài tí.
He thought this was a bad omen and didn't want to bring it up again.
HSK 6
今天真晦气，什么都不顺。
Jīntiān zhēn huìqì, shénme dōu bù shùn.
What bad luck today - nothing is going right.
HSK 7-9
新年第一天就摔跤，太晦气了。
Xīnnián dìyī tiān jiù shuāijiāo, tài huìqì le.
Falling on the very first day of the new year - that's really bad luck.

Tips

culture
晦气 is rooted in the concept of 晦 - the dark, moonless end of the lunar month, associated with yin energy and bad fortune. Calling something 晦气 expresses both bad luck and a sense of being tainted by misfortune. It's commonly used in everyday speech to vent frustration.

Stroke Order

晦 huì
气 qì